Among the things I learned this week:
* The same skills that make a good prompter make a good manager. (Courtesy: Met Opera Guild Podcast, Episode 17 Inside the Prompter’s Box)
* The incredible tastiness of shrimp burgers. (Courtesy: EK)
* If you go to a basketball game to see a particular season, go early in the season when they won’t sit him to rest. (Courtesy: LeBron James)
Among the things I learned this week:
* What it’s like to survive the Ring Cycle. (Courtesy: The Met)
* Horse events continue to be fun. (Courtesy: Virginia Gold Cup)
* The history, evolution, and nuances involved in DPRK portraiture. (Courtesy: AsiaTimes)
* DPRK is joining the Paralympics. (Courtesy: Yonhap)
* Sri Lanka has tons of cool historic markers: oldest continuously documented tree, first female ruler in Asia, first dedicated hospital, and the oldest democracy in South Asia. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Aida lives up to the hype. (Courtesy: The Met)
* NCAA allows the home basketball team to choose which type of ball will be used, creating a slightly unusual homecourt advantage factor. (Courtesy: The New York Times)
* Some universities and colleges, and states in a passive way, consider cutting science, engineering, and healthcare programs a wise move when faced with budgetary issues. (Courtesy: The New York Times)
* Rollovers as Business Start-Ups (ROBS) seem like a great way to to shelter money. (Courtesy: Brainstorming with ZS)